Moderate beach erosion and minor tidal flooding occurred with the northeaster along the New Jersey Coast. The most intense onshore flow occurred from mid morning on February 28th into the early morning of the 1st. Minor tidal flooding occurred with the overnight high tide. The intense and offshore storm track the low pressure system took gave the New Jersey coast about a 12 hour period of intense northeast winds (25 to 35 mph) and this led to the minor tidal flooding and beach erosion.  In Monmouth County, 2 to 3 foot vertical cuts were common from Asbury Park south.  In Ocean County, in Harvey Cedars, a 5 foot vertical by 10 foot horizontal cut occurred to 800 feet of dune from Bergen to Cumberland Avenues. Two to four foot vertical cuts were common from Ship Bottom south. In Beach Haven, there was a complete loss of berm protection and an additional 8 foot loss of sand at the Merivale Avenue street end. One house was now exposed to the ocean. In Atlantic County, two to four foot vertical cuts occurred, except in Ventnor where the vertical cut reached five feet at the south end of the city. Walkways and fences were also damaged. Some walkways now ended at the water's edge. The Ventnor Beach was just rebuilt in 2004. In Cape May County, Ocean City was hit the hardest with 3 to 4 foot vertical cuts from the fishing to the amusement pier and an 8 to 10 foot cut from 8th Street to Seaspray Avenue with dune fencing down in some areas.  Elsewhere in the county, vertical cuts averaged 1 to 3 feet. Sea Isle City reported loss of dune fencing and rocks were exposed.The overnight (February 28th) high tide reached 6.78 feet above mean lower low water at Sandy Hook (Monmouth County) and 6.80 feet above mean lower low water at Cape May (Cape May County). Minor tidal flooding begins at 6.7 feet above mean lower low water.The minor tidal flooding and beach erosion was caused by a northeaster. The low pressure system developed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday February 27th. It moved northeast and was near Jacksonville, Florida at 7 p.m. EST on February 27th. It moved northeast and deepened and was near Charleston, South Carolina at 1 a.m. EST on February 28th, just east of Wilmington, North Carolina at 7 a.m. EST on February 28th, just east of Elizabeth City, North Carolina at 1 p.m. EST on February 28th, and deepened to a 980 millibar low about 150 miles east of Fenwick Island, Delaware at 7 p.m. EST on February 28th. The low remained about the same strength (980 millibar) as it passed about 250 miles east of Long Beach Island, New Jersey at 1 a.m. EST on the 1st. The lack of a surface high pressure system to the north of this system prevented the pressure gradient and hence the winds, heavy surf and tidal flooding from being worse.

Storm Surge/Tide in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 02:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

Storm Surge/Tide in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 02:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

Storm Surge/Tide in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 02:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

Storm Surge/Tide in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 02:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

High Surf in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 15:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

High Surf in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 15:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

High Surf in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 15:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

High Surf in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 15:00:00 (EST)
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION